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ArticleBMC plant biology2018

An integrated omics analysis reveals molecular mechanisms that are associated with differences in seed oil content between Glycine max and Brassica napus.

Zhibin Zhang, Jim M Dunwell, Yuan-Ming Zhang

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Article in BMC plant biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhibin ZhangCrop Information Center, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Jim M DunwellSchool of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AS, UK.
Yuan-Ming ZhangCrop Information Center, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China. soyzhang@mail.hzau.edu.cn.
Huazhong Agricultural University · CNUniversity of Reading · GB

Funding

Huazhong Agricultural University Scientific & Technological Self-innovation Foundation 2014RC020National Natural Science Foundation of China 31571268, 31871242State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology Open Fund CB2017B01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRapeseed (Brassica napus L.) and soybean (Glycine max L.) seeds are rich in both protein and oil, which are major sources of biofuels and nutrition. Although the difference in seed oil content between soybean (~ 20%) and rapeseed (~ 40%) exists, little is known about its underlying molecular mechanism.

resultsAn integrated omics analysis was performed in soybean, rapeseed, Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana L. Heynh), and sesame (Sesamum indicum L.), based on Arabidopsis acyl-lipid metabolism- and carbon metabolism-related genes. As a result, candidate genes and their transcription factors and microRNAs, along with phylogenetic analysis and co-expression network analysis of the PEPC gene family, were found to be largely associated with the difference between the two species. First, three soybean genes (Glyma.13G148600, Glyma.13G207900 and Glyma.12G122900) co-expressed with GmPEPC1 are specifically enriched during seed storage protein accumulation stages, while the expression of BnPEPC1 is putatively inhibited by bna-miR169, and two genes BnSTKA and BnCKII are co-expressed with BnPEPC1 and are specifically associated with plant circadian rhythm, which are related to seed oil biosynthesis. Then, in de novo fatty acid synthesis there are rapeseed-specific genes encoding subunits β-CT (BnaC05g37990D) and BCCP1 (BnaA03g06000D) of heterogeneous ACCase, which could interfere with synthesis rate, and β-CT is positively regulated by four transcription factors (BnaA01g37250D, BnaA02g26190D, BnaC01g01040D and BnaC07g21470D). In triglyceride synthesis, GmLPAAT2 is putatively inhibited by three miRNAs (gma-miR171, gma-miR1516 and gma-miR5775). Finally, in rapeseed there was evidence for the expansion of gene families, CALO, OBO and STERO, related to lipid storage, and the contraction of gene families, LOX, LAH and HSI2, related to oil degradation.

conclusionsThe molecular mechanisms associated with differences in seed oil content provide the basis for future breeding efforts to improve seed oil content.

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ArabidopsisBrassica napusGene Expression Regulation, PlantGenes, PlantGlycine maxLipidsMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMicroRNAsPhylogenyPlant OilsRapeseed OilSeedsSequence AlignmentSesamumSoybean OilTranscription FactorsLipidsMicroRNAsPlant OilsRapeseed OilSoybean OilTranscription FactorsAcyl-lipid biosynthesisBrassica napusGene networkGlycine maxmiRNATranscription factor

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